MACROECONOMICS: EBAY ASSIGNMENT (FISCAL POLICY: GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, BUDGET, NATIONAL DEBT)

Module 3 - Background

Fiscal Policy: Government Expenditures and Revenues, Budget, National Debt

Required Reading

Bouman, John.  Principles of Macroeconomics. "Unit 6: Fiscal Policy" (section 6 optional)

Rittenberg L. and T. Tregarthen (2009). Chapter 12: Governement and Fiscal Policy (Section 1-3 only) Principles of Macroeconomics. Retrieved from: www.web-books.com/eLibrary/NC/B0/B62/TOC.html

Other Resources

Online at http://www.swlearning.com/economics/policy_debates/econ_debates_fiscal_policy.html

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9957/01-07-Outlook. pdf

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/daily-money/deficit-reduction-proposals-what-they-could-mean-for-you/156 7/

http://economics.about.com/od/aggregatedemandsupply/ss/aggregate.htm

Professor Nouriel Roubini (New York University) has an interesting online macroeconomics course http://www.stern.nyu.edu/%7Enroubini/MACRO3.HTM. You might like to follow along with him for another take on our material.